Oʻ

Not to be confused with O'.
O with turned comma above right
Oʻ oʻ
Usage
Writing systemLatin script
Typealphabetic
Language of originUzbek language
Sound values/o/
In UnicodeU+004F U+02BB, U+006F U+02BB
History
Development
O
  • Oʻ oʻ
Time period1995 to present
Other
Writing directionLeft-to-Right
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

Oʻ (o with turned comma above right; minuscule: oʻ) is the 25th letter of the Uzbek Latin alphabet, representing the close-mid back rounded vowel /o/. It was adopted in the May 1995 revision of the alphabet, replacing Ö.[1] It was also used in the Karakalpak alphabet until 2016, when it was replaced with Ó. In the Uzbek Cyrillic alphabet, it corresponds to Ў.

Encodings

In Unicode, Oʻ is not encoded as a precomposed character, but rather as a sequence of U+004F O LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O or U+006F o LATIN SMALL LETTER O and U+02BB ʻ MODIFIER LETTER TURNED COMMA. Since the modifier letter isn't readily typeable on the Uzbek Latin keyboard layouts shipped with Microsoft Windows as of 2022, the substitution of other characters such as U+0027 ' APOSTROPHE and U+2018 ‘ LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK is very common.[2]


Character information
Preview O o ʻ
Unicode name LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O LATIN SMALL LETTER O MODIFIER LETTER TURNED COMMA
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 79 U+004F 111 U+006F 699 U+02BB
UTF-8 79 4F 111 6F 202 187 CA BB
Numeric character reference O O o o ʻ ʻ

See also

References

  1. ^ "71-I-son 06.05.1995. Oʻzbekiston Respublikasining "Lotin yozuviga asoslangan oʻzbek alifbosini joriy etish toʻgʻrisida"gi Qonuniga oʻzgartishlar kiritish haqida". National Database of Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan (in Uzbek). Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Qaysi biri to'g'ri: O'zbekiston, O'zbekiston, O'zbekiston yoki Oʻzbekiston?". Озодлик Радиоси (in Uzbek). 16 August 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2022.